Patriotism And Scoundrels Quotes & Sayings

Since Kemal's death, Turkey has been ruled by small minds, unsteady, weak men. — William L. Shirer

You've got to shake your fists at lightning now, you've got to roar like forest fire
You've got to spread your light like blazes all across the sky
They're going to aim the hoses on you, show 'em you won't expire
Not till you burn up every passion, not even when you die
Come on now, you've got to try, if you're feeling contempt, well then you tell it
If you're tired of the silent night, Jesus, well then you yell it
Condemned to wires and hammers, strike every chord that you feel
That broken trees and elephant ivories conceal — Joni Mitchell

It's hard to do that, to decide to believe one thing over another. — Carol Rifka Brunt

To console the girl for the loss of her feathered friend. — L. Frank Baum

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. — Bob Dylan

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king. — Bob Dylan

What, then, is patriotism? "Patriotism, sir, is the last resort of scoundrels," said Dr. Johnson. Leo Tolstoy, the greatest anti-patriot of our times, defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers; a trade that requires better equipment for the exercise of man-killing than the making of such necessities of life as shoes, clothing, and houses; a trade that guarantees better returns and greater glory than that of the average workingman. — Emma Goldman

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. — Madame De Stael

Duty is a good thing, a calling without which no civilization can survive, but it is also a weight and chain that sometimes seems sure to sink you to the airless bottom of a dark pool — Dean Koontz

What scoundrels we would be if we did for ourselves what we are ready to do for Italy. — Camillo Benso, Count Of Cavour

Don't stop to think of the words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work. — Jack Kerouac

Wine is just a conversation waiting to happen. — Jessica Altieri

Stop complaining. Plot your course and start your journey. Adjust your sail. Success is waiting to welcome you. — Debasish Mridha

The place was stifling. Suddenly it occurred to her that a trace of him still lurked in her, minute and spectral, that effluvial stain that would be her stigmata forever. It was then that she resolved to ask for an appointment to see him, as things had to be settled between them. — Edna O'Brien